With the growing number of PRO’s that contribute to HIHR, a larger organization committee for future HIHR events became desirable. To this extend a core group has been set up to address the long-term sustainability of our initiative, as well as financing options and other strategic issues.
The following people have currently accepted a seat in the core group:
Roel Bulthuis, INKEF Capital
Duko Drijfhout, Erasmus MC
Daisy Flamez, University Ghent
Joris Heus, Amsterdam UMC
Annick Houbrechts, Interface Entreprises, University of Liège
Clemens Ostrowicz, University of Luxembourg – LCSB – chair
Bram Perdu, KU Leuven Research & Development
Esther Rodijk, TTT MedTech and UTwente
Claar-els van Delft, Riverside Project Management
Past core group members are:
Paul Van Dun, KU Leuven Research & Development
Frank van de Ven, Technical University Eindhoven
Koen Verhoef, Netherlands Cancer Institute – co founder
Dominic De Groote, University Ghent – co founder
Oscar Schoots, Incubator Utrecht – co founder
Filip Goossens, PMV
Selection committee
Projects will be pre-selected by a relevant advisory committee to assure quality and to maximise impact. The selection committee assesses the nominated spin-offs, classifies the nominations into pitches and reviews the presentation of selected Spin-offs.
As per July 2022 the selection committee consists of the following members:
Daisy Flamez, University of Ghent
Louise Hoppel, Radboud UMC
Duko Drijfhout, Erasmus MC
Clemens Ostrowicz, University Luxembourg – (LCSB)
Bram Perdu, KU Leuven Research & Development – chair selection cie
Esther Rodijk, TTT MedTech and UTwente
Carla van Heck, Wageningen University & Research
Past members
Rudi Cuyvers, KU Leuven Research & Development Spin-off and Innovation
Shobhit Dhawan, Oncode Oncology Bridge Fund
Aard Groen, University of Groningen Centre of Entrepreneurship
Annick Houbrechts, Interface Entreprises, University of Liège
Jasper Keyman, Erasmus MC (University of Rotterdam)
Thijs van den Munckhof, UNIIQ / University of Leiden
Griet VanPoucke, VIB
Henri Theunissen, Brightlands (University of Maastricht)
Management
The event organisation, general management and support of the core group and selection committee is taken care of by Claar-els van Delft, Riverside Project Management, with support of Carla van Heck, business developer at Heck Innovations.
For any inquiries on HIHR please contact claar-els@hihr.eu or by mobile phone +31 6 2848 0549.